l'Amour simple, Abattement, Le Desir (from "Caractères des passions, gravés sur les desseins de l'illustre Monsieur le Brun")
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 15/16 × 5 13/16 in. (7.5 × 14.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.2891
Tags
Art Historical Context
This etching, titled *l'Amour simple,attement, Le Des* (Simple Love,jection, Desire), is exquisite plate from the series *Caractères des*, created after designs by the illustrious Charles Le Brun, France's premier court painter under Louis XIV. Engraved by Sébastien Le Cler the Younger between 1695 and 1720, it three evocative female profile portraits, each embodying a distinct passion. Le Brun, a master of French classicism and founder of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, drew from contemporary theories—like those of Descartes—to depict emotions through precise facial expressions, ...
About the Artist
Sébastien Le Clerc, le Jeune|Charles Le Brun (French|French) · 1676 |1619 –1763 |1690
French, Paris 1676–1763 Gobelins|French, Paris 1619–1690 Paris